Monument record MDO5584 - Bowl barrow, Gussage All Saints

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Summary

One of a small group of three bowl barrows in a line situated to the north-east of the Wyke Down Group. In 1975 this monument was reported as having a former diameter of 30 feet with a mound less than a foot high and much reduced by ploughing.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A bowl barrow, one of a linear group of three located north of the main Wyke Down barrow group (SU 01 NW 35 and associated monuments). It was described by RCHME as a plough-levelled mound formerly 30 feet in diameter and less than 1 foot high. The other two barrows in this group are recorded as SU 01 NW 32 and 191.


<1> Grinsell, L V, 1959, Dorset Barrows, 110 (Monograph). SDO132.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 22 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Three barrows, now flattened by ploughing, lie in a line 250 yds. N.E. of Wyke Down Group, at a slightly higher level on the same slope. … (60) Bowl (00881577); former diam. 30 ft., ht. under 1 ft.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1312969 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Monograph: Grinsell, L V. 1959. Dorset Barrows. 110. [Mapped feature: #342949 ]
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 22.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1312969.

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Location

Grid reference SU 0087 1577 (point)
Map sheet SU01NW
Civil Parish Gussage All Saints; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 007 060
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 192
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 NW 32 C
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1312969
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Gussage All Saints 60

Record last edited

Dec 16 2023 7:23AM

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